Meditations, Observations, and Awareness of Social Behavior explained in everyday language.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

To See Nothing#99

I’ve heard—the hardest
part of looking at oneself is seeing nothing.
Have you felt this? You look at yourself through your eyes and
heart and there is something there.
Isn’t there? Is not something
looking back at you either physically or mentally? What is this thing which desires to see and
be something? Are you identifying with
it now? Is there not something there
that must have a purpose, desires and security?
How will you live without it, you ask?
Can you? Have you ever inquired
if this reflection has value, need or is just fearful of having no real purpose
without its dreams, culture etc.?

It’s like the boy at the
hospital who didn’t see his reflection in the mirror and while his parents kept
telling him that, “There is always something there of value and purpose; you
just have to look hard.” But the boy
didn’t listen to them, he didn’t think of anything beyond himself, he didn’t
want to see or be anything beyond the “now”.
He would always say, “No, there is nothing to be fearful of with the “now”. There is nothing there.” The parents would say to the doctor that the
boy is ill and that he speaks of madness and surely must be in pain. After listening to the boy, the doctor found him
to have no illusions about life while he prescribed further tests and ordered the
parents back to their cells for more treatment.
In protest, the elders demanded the boy stay with them, but the doctor
replied, “You always forget, he’s free and just visiting.”